CN1260023A

CN1260023A - Garage door panel construction

Info

Publication number: CN1260023A
Application number: CN98805045.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 布赖恩·H·摩根
Original assignee: Raynor Garage Doors
Current assignee: Raynor Garage Doors
Priority date: 1997-05-15
Filing date: 1998-05-14
Publication date: 2000-07-12
Also published as: HUP0003407A2; NO995508L; AU7571098A; AU741503B2; TR199902787T2; SI20219A; NO995508D0; BR9809610A; NZ500504A; SK155399A3; WO1998051898A1; US5934352A; HUP0003407A3; IS5230A; PL336712A1; EP1015725A1

Abstract

A series of rectangular horizontal, garage door panels (10, 12) are joined together by integral hinge elements (36, 38, 40, 42) which enables the panels (10, 12) to be manufactured at a factory site and assembled at a construction site. The panels (10, 12) as well as the hinge elements (36, 38, 40, 42) may be fabricated from a fiberglass, reinforced, composite or other polymeric materials to enhance the durability of the garage door construction.

Description

Garage door panel construction

Background of invention

The present invention relates to a kind of garage door structure, particularly relate to the garage door that comprises the polylith plate, these plates are hinged along its horizontal sides, when these plates when the door fastening position moves to open position, this plate can be hinged, vice versa.Particularly, the present invention relates to comprise the garage door structure of the reinforcement polymeric plate that is hinged along its horizontal sides.In addition, by being hinged with an angle, adjacent articulated slab can make hinge assemble place separation or connection at the scene, the maximum splice angle when this angle surpasses the door normal running.

Before this, garage door is by wood, and steel or composite material are made.This garage door is generally made by the series of rectangular horizontal plate, and one of these level board are positioned on another and alignment, thereby form a kind of vertical many plates door.Hinge connects the horizontal sides of adjacent panels, and therefore when when fastening position moves to open position, this plate can be hinged, and vice versa.

The structure of this door of use plank once of great use; Yet timber is through regular meeting's wearing and tearing or rotten, and the constantly maintenance of the surface of timber, for example paint.Use steel plate also to have some shortcomings.Steel plate needs special maintenance, because they may get rusty.In addition, Chang Rongyi impression on the plate surface of steel plate, appearance is difficult to see like this.

Proposed to use polymeric material to have the garage door of a plurality of articulated slabs with formation.For example, Dallas, the Overhead door company of Texas provides a kind of door-plate, and this door-plate has the urethane intermediate core of expansion and the vinyl coating or the surface layer in the outside.Other manufacturer provides the door-plate of similarly being made by polymeric material.

In any case this door still has problem.The mechanical integrity of this door is difficult to keep.The manufacturing process expense is very high and very complicated.Therefore, need update the garage door structure.

Invention is described

At a basic sides, the present invention includes a kind of many plates garage door, wherein each normally the level board of rectangle make by molded polymerization or composite material.Therefore plate is hinged along its horizontal sides, and when when make position moves to open position, plate can carry out hinged.Plate comprises the rail wheel recipient, and this rail wheel recipient can use the rail wheel on the side that is connected plate, so that rail wheel is engaged in orbit, thereby the guiding garage door moves between the open and close position.

The hinge structure that is used for connecting articulated slab comprises the independent hinge hinged joint that is connected on the adjacent plate, one of them hinged joint comprises the cottor pin of a common cylindricality, another hinged joint comprises a semi-cylinder part or arm, this semi-cylinder part or arm are enclosed within the cottor pin slidably, and remain between cottor pin and the profiled surface, this profiled surface is positioned at the rear side of molded garage door panel itself.Cottor pin can comprise a track wheel shaft opening, with holding track wheel back shaft.The hinge hinged joint is made by metal or polymeric material, and the hinge hinged joint carries out hingedly in garage door panel reaches the normal operations scopes of 74 degree mutually, and horizontal plate portions is bonded with each other.Plate surpasses 120 degree, and the additional hinged hinge hinged joint that can make is removed mutually or is separated or disconnect, and makes adjacent plate separation thus.One of them hinge hinged joint also comprises horizontal end plate, and this horizontal end plate covers in the joint between cottor pin and the hinge hinged joint, has therefore eliminated fulcrum.

Like this, an object of the present invention is to provide a kind of improved garage door structure.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of garage door structure, and it comprises along the hinged polylith horizontal rectangular plate of its horizontal sides, therefore, when garage door from make position when open position moves, this plate can be hinged, vice versa,

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of by polymerization or compound, strengthen the garage door panel construction that polymeric material is made, garage door panel molded forming in operation separately wherein, and, garage door panel is fit to hold hinge or hinge hinged joint, and this makes garage door panel be easy to install mutually at erecting yard.

Another object of the present invention provides and a kind ofly makes the hinged hinge structure of garage door panel, so hinge has been eliminated the fulcrum in hinge hinged joint junction.

Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of design of garage door panel, and wherein the shape of the horizontal sides of plate can reduce or eliminate the fulcrum between the adjacent panels when adjacent plate is hinged.

Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of improved garage door panel and hinge structure, wherein making the on-the-spot hinge hinged joint manufacturing plate that utilizes on it, is transported to assembling or job site then, is easy to like this be assembled together mutually.

Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of improved garage door structure, and wherein rail wheel can engage with hinge member or hinge hinged joint or be connected easily, and these hinge parts or hinge hinged joint interconnect adjacent level board.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of garage door structure, and this garage door structure is made economical, assemble easily, and wherein each independent build-up member mechanical performance is strong.

To describe these and other objects of the present invention in detail below, advantage and feature.

Accompanying drawing is briefly described

Be described in detail below with reference to following accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 is from the front portion of door or the isometric drawing of the plate of garage door structure is seen in the outside;

Fig. 2 is an isometric drawing of seeing the plate of Fig. 1 from rear side;

Fig. 3 is the side cross-sectional view of a plurality of plates;

Fig. 4 is the side viewgraph of cross-section of the amplification of the plate among Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is the side cross-sectional view of articulated slab;

Fig. 6 is the enlarged cross-sectional view of the hinge between adjacent panels;

Fig. 7 is the Zoom Side viewgraph of cross-section of the plate among Fig. 6 when hinged;

Fig. 8 is the decomposition isometric drawing of hinge member;

Fig. 9 is the side viewgraph of cross-section of the hinge hinged joint of 9-9 intercepting along the line in Fig. 8;

Figure 10 is the side viewgraph of cross-section of the hinge parts of 10-10 intercepting along the line in Fig. 8;

Figure 11 is the amplification isometric drawing of the hinge member of co-operate;

Figure 12 is adjacent plate and the decomposition isometric drawing that is connected hinge member; With

Figure 13 is the enlarged cross-sectional view on the base of base plate in the garage door structure.

Preferred embodiment is described

Referring to accompanying drawing, the level board that the present invention relates to comprise common rectangle is

plate

10 and 12 such garage doors for

example.Plate

10 and 12 is by polymeric material or composite material, preferably molded the forming of being strengthened by known glass fiber of

polyester complexes.Plate

10,12 is molded as a separate part by this material, and presses the anti-quarter with toughness and the surface of scratch-resistant, and aesthetic happiness is given on this surface, and can be molded so that duplicate a kind of engraving or concave type plank designs.Importantly,

plate

10,12 is molded as single parts.And therefore the characteristics of installing with metalwork that each

plate

10,12 has all structures after molded, except following hinge member, do not need to add parts on the plate 10,12.Notice that following hinge can perhaps can be made of metal by polymeric material or composite molded forming.At last, following hinge member is installed on each

independent plate

10,12 in advance at the factory scene.Then

plate

10,12 can be in the building site or the job site interconnect.

The material of making plate is typically a kind of composite material, and this composite material comprises three (3) kind or more kinds of compositions as described below: the glass fiber or the reinforcement material that account for composite material weight about 30%; About 30% packing material, for example mineral filler (as limestone); 30% mylar or other adhesives, and remaining 10% comprise various additives, these additives are in order to improve for example lubricity of composite properties, rigidity, dielectricity, color etc.The formation of material can change according to instructions for use.For example, under the situation of the resistance to impact of needs height, reinforcement material (for example glass fiber) can account for 50% or 60% of composite material weight or volume, the corresponding minimizing of filler, adhesive also will suitably be regulated, and is door-plate 10 with steel plate or plank differ widely, 12 is antirust, corrosion-resistant, the anti-quarter pressed, and be shock-resistant, can be molded so that duplicate wood or other patterns, and can dyeing, japanning or coating.

Plate

10,12 manufactures width by compression moulding and reaches ten six (16) feet or bigger, and highly generally can change in two (2) to four (4) feet scopes.

Making plate 10 and,, make plate have improved structural integrity and heat stability at 12 o'clock by using specific raw material or composition.That is, material is when surpassing 400 °F and very stable under-40 and lower remarkable low temperature.This material is than ethene frame or wooden frame door, or comprises the door of steel, or it is more useful to have a door of other plastic material coatings.In addition, adopt the structure of the plate of this technology and described material can be designed to have very tight tolerance, thereby improve anti-extrusion deformation behaviour and other operating characteristicses of door.

Referring to accompanying drawing, typical rectangular slab 10 comprise laterally or side 14 and 16, one top horizontal sides 18 and one at the bottom of horizontal sides 20.As mentioned above, plate 10 forms by compression moulding is molded.Plate 10 also comprises a front surface 22.Front surface 22 can be molded as has decorative pattern, and this pattern can be that the cabinet maker of for example many protuberances is decorated, or can obtain desirable aesthstic performance according to the structure of model in other cases.According to the size of garage door and the particular requirement of purposes, the thickness of molded front surface 22 is generally 0.100 "+0.062 " or-0.0315 " scope between.In a kind of typical device for molding, although according to the instructions for use of door, all sizes can change, and following all ribs and front surface all have identical gauge with the limit.

Top margin 18 has a surface 21, and this surface 21 has the shape of cross section that the arch that forms from front surface 22 bendings is protruded.Item limit 18 is relative with the straight line or the flat edge on the base 20 of next vertical adjacent panels.Like this, when

plate

10,12 was hinged, moved along the surface 21 that is limited by top margin 18 on base 20, therefore makes any slit or fulcrum between

plate

10 and 12 reduce to minimum.The arch scope on limit 18 is the height of the ribs on the rear side of following plate 10 no better than.

Front surface 22 comprises a rear side 24, and rear side 24 is the plane normally, and rib for example rib 26 and 28 the Unitarily molded rear side at plate 10 of pattern.Rib 26 and 28 forms the pattern of common rectangle on rear side 24.Rib 26,28 and some secondary rib 30 and 32 periphery around core 34.According to the width of the plate between side 14 and 16 10, some cores 34 of being determined by the rib pattern can be horizontally in a row.Importantly, the rib pattern makes plate have enough rigidity, but its flexibility is enough to bear some impact.Like this, side 14 and 16 and top and bottom limit 18 and 20 comprise a kind of like this rib pattern, promptly this pattern is as

stiffener

10,12, and surrounds core 34 along the rear surface of

plate

10,12 with connection rib.

The some parts that is also noted that core 34 can be dug up or excise, and wherein window or light fixture can be installed.For example, if core 34 is dug up or excised, might insert a kind of Merlon or transparent polypropylene or other material to be used as window, this window has the anti-scratch and the infrangibility of height.This window material is can be effectively glued or be connected to plate, for example on the plate 10.This has also increased the versatility of structure, and can use this manufacturing technology in the production scene.

Separate hinge hinged joint bonding land or

part

36 and 38 that appropriate intervals is furnished with reinforcement along top margin 18 and base 20.Are a series of hinge hinged joints bonding lands 36 along top margin 18 like this.Molded thickness of the design of bonding land 36 and shape can be held following hinge hinged joint.Similarly, with same intervals, along the base 20 of each

plate

10,12 is a hinge hinged joint bonding land or part 38.These bonding lands 38 also constitute the reinforcing section of the

plate

10,12 that separates with identical distance along top margin and base 18,20, like this when

plate

10,12 suitable about when aliging, strengthen

district

36,38 toward each other.

Hinge hinged

joint bonding land

36,38 serves many purposes.Interact by the hinge hinged joint, they are used for

adjacent panels

10,12 hinged.In the assembling of door-

plate

10,12, they are used for the base release liner is connected to lower plate 12.

Hinge hinged joint bonding land that links to each other with the top margin of plate 12 or part 36 are suitable for holding one first hinge hinged joint 40.That link to each other, adjacent and relative hinge hinged joint bonding part 38 with the end of next adjacent plate 10 holds the second hinge hinged joint 42, and this second hinge hinged joint 42 is designed to the structure co-operating with the top margin 18 of the first hinge hinged joint 40 and plate 12.That is, hinge hinged joint 40 and 42 structure and the limit of

plate

10,12 constitute an important feature of the present invention together, and these characteristics are compatibility and the mounting technologies about the

plate

10,12 that is used for making many wooden handcarts storehouse door.

Like this, with reference to the structure of the first hinge hinged joint 40, hinge hinged joint 40 comprises a surface plate 44, and this surface plate 44 comprises a series of openings 46 that are used for accepting securing member 48, so that plate 44 is connected on the hinge hinged joint bonding land 36.Plate 44 engages with cylindrical openings pin 50.Cottor pin 50 comprises a hole 52, and this hole 52 has the polygon cross section in this example, is used for accepting an axle that combines with rail wheel as described below.

When looking from an end-view of hinge hinged joint 40, the first hinge hinged joint 40 that is connected with bonding land 36 defines the slit or the arcuate channels 54 of a cylindrical configuration.Molded panel 12 and first the hinge hinged joint 40 cottor pin 50 between space boundary slit 54.According to following description, the function of slit 54 is fully aware of.

The second hinge hinged joint 42 also comprises an installing plate 56, and this installing plate 56 comprises the opening 58 that is used for admitting securing member 60, and this model 56 can suitably be connected on the bonding pad or part 38 of bottom of next adjacent plate 10.Like this, when

plate

10,12 alignment, hinge hinged

joint

40 and 42 positioned opposite.The second hinge hinged joint 42 also comprises arch or semi-cylinder part 62.Semi-cylinder part or shell 62 have an axle, and this radius of curvature equates with the radius of curvature in cottor pin 50 and hole 52.What shell or part 62 can be level and smooth like this cooperates or slips into slit 54 with being easy to, and can wind the axle rotation by the axis limit of cottor pin 50.The shape of cross section of semi-cylinder part 62 is substantially the same and congruent with the shape of cross section of slit 54.In a preferred embodiment, the size of semi-cylinder part 62 can be 120 ° a circle.Like this, semi-cylinder part 62 forms and defines the hinged scope of plate 12 with respect to plate 10.In other words, making the scene in factory can be assembled to hinge hinged

joint

40 and 42 on the plate 10,12.Then, when plate 10, when 12 assemblings or joint become final garage door construction, by making

plate

10,12 is hinged with a bigger angle (for example 120 °), should be bigger than their normally used scopes (in the typical plate of manying door, extremely reaching 74 °) than wide-angle, therefore, on-site, the second hinge hinged joint 42 part that can be used as upper plate 10 is inserted in the lower plate 12.Like this, in order to change, to repair or other reason,

plate

10,12 can connect or dismantle at the construction field (site).Because this structure, being unkitted matching board may be with compactness, the efficient way transportation.

Semi-cylinder part 62 comprises first and second

side end panel

64 and 66, and this side end panel covers the side of cottor pin 50, particularly covers the side of slit 54, therefore eliminate or prevent fulcrum of slit 54 formation, and when 40,42 assemblings of hinge hinged joint, also be convenient to the second hinge hinged joint 42 and aim at.

As previously mentioned, cottor pin 50 comprises a hole 52.The shape in hole 52 makes it can admit the axle 68 that links to each other with rail wheel 70, and this rail wheel 70 is installed in the guide rail 72 that links to each other with the side that garage door is installed.Like this,

plate

10 and 12 side 14 and 16 comprise coupled rail wheel 70, and rail wheel 70 can have and the identical pivot of pivot of hinge hinged joint 40 and 42.Axle 68 can be positioned on the pivot of interconnective hinge hinged

joint

40 and 42 like this.The axle 68 of noting rail wheel 70 can be offset to adapt to the track of guide rail 72.

The base 20 of the nethermost plate 12 in a series of plates that form garage door can comprise that one extrudes frontier defense guard shield 74, and this shape that extrudes frontier defense guard shield 74 makes it cooperate with the profile that is limited by base 20.By protective cover being installed in the securing member of bonding land 38, frontier defense guard shield 74 can be installed on the plate 12.Frontier defense guard shield 74 typically comprises a slit 76, and that this slit 76 is fit to hold is soft, rubber seal 78 or can be used as other material of sealing.Sealing 78 can be installed at an easy rate like this, dismounting and replacing.Base plate sealed baffle or frontier defense guard shield 74 are as a whole with 12 one-tenth of bottom door plates, and provide and make cable wire be connected to method on the

plate

10,12, and this plate is anti-tampering and additional safety guarantee is provided.

Whole assembling allows door to have such structure, promptly in all shift positions or all positions of the door that relatively moves of parts, has four (4) to six (6) millimeters maximum anti-extrusion gap.To notice that also the hinge hinged

joint

40 and 42 that combines with

plate

10 and 12 is lubricated easily, and be convenient to assemble at the construction field (site).Therefore hinge

member

40,42 is not traditional hinge member, can only use the door-plate that designs into assembled with each other like this, has eliminated the possibility of using not to the parts that design assembled with each other.

Can think that the variation of device construction is within the scope of the invention.For example, the size of plate links to each other with each plate and the quantity of the hinge hinged joint of junction plate, the concrete size and dimension of rail wheel, use in plate or do not use door and window component, the layout on the arch limit of adjacent level plate can be changed, and can have other variation in the garage door of the present invention structure.Can be adjusted at the pattern of the rib on the rear side of plate.Also can change or change the decorative pattern on the plate front side.Like this, although when having proposed the preferred embodiments of the present invention, be appreciated that the present invention only limits in following claims and the equivalent protection domain thereof.

Claims

1. garage door comprises:

First plate that comprises molded polymer, this first plate is rectangle normally, and comprises a front surface, relative transverse side, a base and a top margin;

Second plate that comprises molded polymer, this second plate is rectangle normally, and comprises a front surface, relative transverse side, a base and a top margin, the width of described first plate and second plate equates that described first plate and second plate abut against together along a top margin and a base respectively; With

Hinge member, thereby this hinge member makes first plate link to each other along its adjacent side with second plate by being connected with one of them plate respectively, each described hinge member comprises the first and second hinge hinged joints, this first and second hinges hinged joint is connected on first plate and second plate and is hinged and is connected, the described first hinge hinged joint comprises a cylindrical support cottor pin, this cylindrical support cottor pin defines a hinge axis of rotation, a flat board is outstanding from this cottor pin, described cottor pin and the dull and stereotyped integral body that forms, described second hinged joint comprises a cylindricality recess, so that hold the cylindrical openings pin of first hinged joint slidably, but also comprise a cottor pin area supported, so that the supporting cottor pin of rotating support first hinged joint, described second hinged joint also comprises at least one horizontal end plate, when the hinge hinged joint was hinged, this horizontal end plate was positioned at outer side edges, to hide the side of cylindricality recess.

2. garage door as claimed in claim 1 is comprising the first and second horizontal end plates that separate on the relative side that is positioned at the second hinge hinged joint, so that hide the opposed side edges of cylindricality recess.

3. garage door as claimed in claim 1, wherein polymeric material comprises the mixture of polyester and glass fiber.

4. garage door as claimed in claim 1, wherein polymeric material comprises a kind of mixture, this mixture comprises the polymer resin at least about 30%.

5. garage door as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one plate comprises an opening, passes this opening and defines a light-path, also comprises the transparent polymerization pane that is attached on this plate.

6. garage door as claimed in claim 1, wherein first and second hinged joints are made by the material that comprises molded polymer.

7. garage door as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cottor pin of first hinged joint comprises that an axis hole is to hold the axle of a door track roller.

8. garage door as claimed in claim 7, comprising a door track roller, this door track roller comprises and is supported on a wheel that moves in the door track, with one that is connected with door outstanding.

9. garage door as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adjacent side of plate centering on horizontal axis continuous between plate in hinged whole process, defines the minimum clearance between the plate relatively from the surface that the extended arch of front surface is protruded and caved in.

10. the garage door hinge of a molded polymeric material, this hinge comprises: one first hinged joint, this first hinged joint comprise and are connected a bead and the axle supporting cottor pin on the door-plate;

One second hinged joint, this second hinged joint comprise a bead that is connected on the door-plate, are used for a bearing surface of the cottor pin of first hinged joint, a cylindricality recess that is used to admit the cylindricality rib of second hinged joint, and described cottor pin is rotating to be positioned on the bearing surface;

Described second hinged joint comprises the horizontal end plate that is positioned at cottor pin one end, described end plate hinged joint hinged in a big way in cover in described recess.

11. hinge as claimed in claim 10 wherein hides the opposite end that end plate is positioned at cottor pin and recess, to prevent laterally near recess and to make continuous hinged joint alignment.

12. plate garage door more than a kind comprises:

A rectangle normally, level first garage door panel of molded polymer, this first garage door panel has a top margin, base and opposed side edges;

A rectangle normally, level second garage door panel of molded polymer, this second garage door panel also has a top margin, base and opposed side edges;

Plate opposed side edges vertical alignment, the base of first plate is relative with the top margin of second plate, and the base of described first plate defines an arcuate surface, and described first and second plates also comprise a front surface, when door is in vertical fastening position, described front surface vertical alignment;

Described first plate and second plate link together so that be hinged by a hinge, at top margin and base joint, described hinge comprises first hinged joint and second hinged joint that is connected on first and second plates, and defines a hinged horizontal hinge shaft of first and second plates;

The described first hinge hinged joint comprises a cylindrical openings pin, and this cylindrical openings pin has a cylindrical outer surface, a flat board that stretches out from this cylindrical openings pin, and described flat board is connected with first plate;

The described second hinge hinged joint comprises a cylindrical shell, the suit cottor pin slidably of this shell, comprise that also an extended installation that is connected with second plate is dull and stereotyped, described cylindrical shell is slidably put in the recess between the inner surface of the cottor pin and first plate, the cross section of described recess equates with the cross section of cylindrical shell usually, therefore, when plate was hinged, this plate can be hinged between a vertical door-plate fastening position and an obliquity.

13. door as claimed in claim 12, wherein hinged scope arrive 80 degree.

14. door as claimed in claim 12 wherein comprises the first and second horizontal side plates crossing on the second hinge hinged joint of axis of rotation, and covers the side of each hinged joint.

15. door as claimed in claim 12, wherein cottor pin comprises an axis hole, is used to admit the axle of garage door track wheel shaft.

16. door as claimed in claim 12, wherein garage door track wheel shaft stretches out from the turning cylinder of the cottor pin of first hinged joint.

17. door as claimed in claim 12, wherein plate comprises the pattern of the ribs on the inboard of a front surface and this front surface.

18. door as claimed in claim 12, wherein first and second plates comprise that all hinged hinged joint district respectively cuts with scissors hinged joint to install, and described district is arranged in the inboard of front surface.

19. door as claimed in claim 17, wherein said rib forms a kind of pattern, and this pattern is limited by the rectangular frame of the rib that centers on the plate periphery.